Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam

The main aim of this study is to examine the awareness and knowledge, lifestyle and education on HIV/AIDS. Utilising a semi-structured questionnaire, interviews were conducted among four Malay women who had HIV/AIDS in a Rehabilitation Centre in Selangor, Malaysia. A post-interview analysis of the t...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Saad, Badariah, Abdullah, Nooriha, Subramaniam, Geetha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	UiTM Press 2018
Subjects:	Women. Feminism Life style
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spelling	uitm-231882020-03-20T23:49:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23188/ Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam Mohd Saad, Badariah Abdullah, Nooriha Subramaniam, Geetha Women. Feminism Life style The main aim of this study is to examine the awareness and knowledge, lifestyle and education on HIV/AIDS. Utilising a semi-structured questionnaire, interviews were conducted among four Malay women who had HIV/AIDS in a Rehabilitation Centre in Selangor, Malaysia. A post-interview analysis of the transcripts was conducted through close reading of the entire transcriptions of the interviews in order to search for underlying themes/variables. The findings show three respondents contracted HIV through random sex and were infected during their early 20s and 30s while one respondent got infected through the husband. While poverty is an issue, awareness is still lacking on modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS. More concerted efforts by the government via education and health policies at primary schools to instil awareness on HIV and its consequences. UiTM Press 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23188/1/AJ_BADARIAH%20MOHD%20SAAD%20ADBRIJ%20B%2018.pdf.pdf Mohd Saad, Badariah and Abdullah, Nooriha and Subramaniam, Geetha (2018) Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam. Advances in Business Research International Journal (ABRIJ), 4 (2). pp. 32-40. ISSN 2462-1838 (Unpublished) https://abrij.uitm.edu.my/
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spellingShingle	Women. Feminism Life style Mohd Saad, Badariah Abdullah, Nooriha Subramaniam, Geetha Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam
description	The main aim of this study is to examine the awareness and knowledge, lifestyle and education on HIV/AIDS. Utilising a semi-structured questionnaire, interviews were conducted among four Malay women who had HIV/AIDS in a Rehabilitation Centre in Selangor, Malaysia. A post-interview analysis of the transcripts was conducted through close reading of the entire transcriptions of the interviews in order to search for underlying themes/variables. The findings show three respondents contracted HIV through random sex and were infected during their early 20s and 30s while one respondent got infected through the husband. While poverty is an issue, awareness is still lacking on modes of transmission of HIV/AIDS. More concerted efforts by the government via education and health policies at primary schools to instil awareness on HIV and its consequences.
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author	Mohd Saad, Badariah Abdullah, Nooriha Subramaniam, Geetha
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title	Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam
title_short	Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam
title_full	Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam
title_fullStr	Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam
title_full_unstemmed	Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam
title_sort	women with hiv – a case study in a rehabilitation centre in malaysia / badariah mohd saad, nooriha abdullah and geetha subramaniam
publisher	UiTM Press
publishDate	2018
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Women with HIV – A Case Study in a Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia / Badariah Mohd Saad, Nooriha Abdullah and Geetha Subramaniam

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